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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Norway (iirc, or some country near it.) Has been making a large containment facility in a deep mountain cave that would be able to store a large amount of the waste. The waste is actually pretty much a non issue at this point. I would much rather we start making more reactors now while we still have a chance, than be paralyzed with fear that the nuclear waste is gonna be some major crisis. It won't be, but the amount of pollution from NOT having the reactors will be.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It is really not a "non-issue"... jesus wept.

Have you heard of half life? Only France recycles the fuel rods (and at great cost). polonium, cesium and other chemicals are made and are toxic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

High level waste is only about 5% of the total waste produced and the rest is low to moderately radioactive. The low stuff is safe within a week and the moderate waste is safe within a few months. Almost all of it can be disposed of normally after that like any other trash.

If you took all of the high level waste like actual fuel rods that has ever been produfed in the US since 1945 and put it all in one spot it would be about the size of an American football field.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Literally fling them into the sun or something. Waste is a non-issue

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree that waste is an overblown issue but launching it into space is about the worst thing we could do. With the rate of critical failures of rocket launches, we are practically guaranteed to have exploding rockets spewing nuclear waste into the atmosphere. There are plenty of solutions to nuclear waste here on earth that are mainly held up by fear mongering and nimbyism

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Fling them dont put them on a ballistic missile. Literally get a strong rubber band and a flock of sophomores, put the shit on the band, have the boys pull on it and bada bing bada boom shit flies past voyager 1 in no time and the lads will regrow every cell on them anyway by next friday